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Business

Unique South African suburb under siege

Today at 17:30 PM, via BusinessTech

Bo-Kaap, one of Cape Town’s most historic neighbourhoods, is facing growing pressure from a rapid increase in Airbnb-style short-term rentals.

Education

Scottish school cancels Christmas play after ‘racist and abusive’ messages

Today at 16:57 PM, via The Guardian

Show at Cauldeen primary school in Inverness had included a scene explaining hardship faced by Syrian refugees

A primary school in Scotland has cancelled its Christmas show after receiving “racist and abusive” messages because it featured sympathy towards Syrian refugees.

The decision by Cauldeen primary school in Inverness follows rising tensions at other schools in Scotland over adult English...

Education

Nigeria: Better Late Than Be the Late

Today at 16:14 PM, via AllAfrica

[This Day] The panic closure at the weekend of public boarding secondary schools by, at the last count, six Northern state governments, hot on the heels of the closure of forty-one Federal Unity Colleges by the Federal Ministry of Education, reminded me of a huge billboard that Nigeria Police used to erect on highways in the 1970s. It was warning motorists against over speeding. The police...

Science/Tech

Unpowered SSDs in Your Drawer Are Slowly Losing Data

Today at 17:21 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: Solid-state drives sitting unpowered in drawers or storage can lose data over time because voltage gradually leaks from their NAND flash cells, and consumer-grade drives using QLC NAND retain data for about a year while TLC NAND lasts up to three years without power. More expensive MLC and SLC NAND can hold data for five and ten years respectively. The...

Science/Tech

Vodacom KwaZulu-Natal Invests Over R1.1bn To Enable Digital Access

Today at 17:08 PM, via Tech Financials

Vodacom KwaZulu-Natal has announced a transformative investment of over R1.1 billion in network infrastructure for the current financial year (FY26), reinforcing its commitment to connecting communities and driving digital inclusion across South Africa’s most populous province. “Our investment in KwaZulu-Natal reflects our commitment to building a digitally inclusive province where everyone...

Science/Tech

Singapore Orders Apple, Google To Prevent Government Spoofing on Messaging Platforms

Today at 16:46 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: Singapore’s police have ordered Apple and Google to prevent the spoofing of government agencies on their messaging platforms, the home affairs ministry said on Tuesday. The order under the nation’s Online Criminal Harms Act came after the police observed scams on Apple’s iMessage and Google Messages purporting to be from companies such as the local postal...